Massa summoned to Maranello amid career crisis
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Mar.28 (GMM) Amid his performance slump and rumours Sergio Perez will soon replace him, Ferrari's struggling Felipe Massa has been summoned to Maranello.
A report on the Italian team's official website said there is "sorrow" within the team at witnessing the "particularly difficult time" being suffered by Ferrari's Brazilian driver.
While Fernando Alonso leads the drivers' world championship at present, 30-year-old Massa is yet to record a race finish better than his fifteenth at Sepang.
But amid the calls for Massa's head, team boss Stefano Domenicali - recalling a similar situation after Malaysia in 2008 - said his driver has the ability to react now.
... we are here, ready to help him.
"The papers (in 2008) were demanding his immediate replacement and he managed to react in the best way possible, thanks to support from the team, which saw him win two of the next three races," said the Italian.
"Felipe has changed his plans and, instead of heading home to see his family in Brazil, he will be in Maranello tomorrow to work alongside the engineers to calmly analyse everything that happened in these past two races, trying to identify why he was not able to deliver what he is capable of," added Domenicali.
"That's the right spirit and we are here, ready to help him."
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